A good early nineteenth century timepiece.

The arched fruitwood case surmounted by a caddy top and brass ball finial, the four inch enamel dial, signed Coster Henley, with Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands with cast brass bezel, the sides with recessed arched panels; moulded plinth base on ogee bracket feet. The single train eight-day duration fusee movement with arched plates, anchor escapement and lenticular bob
p endulum.

Overall height: 12 inches (30cms)

A good French nineteenth century picture clock depicting a river scene.

The two train spring barrel movement sounding the hours and half hours on a gong with anchor escapement and silk thread suspension. Giteau’s original trade label inside quotes in French: ‘One finds in this shop a very beautiful choice of picture clocks painted by distinguished artists of the capital*, for which the clock mechanism is made with utmost care in-house…….’
*Paris

Frame size: 25inches x 21 inches (63.5 x 53.5cms).

£3,250

A very rare early twentieth century Silver hump-back grande-sonnerie carriage clock.

The Silver case with folding handle standing on bun feet, signed inside the rear door L.Leroy & Cie, bd. de la Madeleine, Paris; the finely engine-turned silver dial with moon phase aperture above with Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands. The grande-sonnerie movement, with lever escapement, sounding on two gongs.

Case height: 4 inches (10cms).

A Fine George III period mahogany bracket clock.

The well patinated mahogany bell top and brass mounted case, brass ogee feet, finials and folding handle above. The engraved silvered dial with Roman numerals, pierced blued steel hands with date aperture and signed in the centre Henry Jenkins LONDON and above two subsidiary dials for rise and fall and silent/strike adjustment. The two train fusee movement with verge escapement sounding the hours on a bell, with repeat cord, having a profusely engraved backplate depicting a leaf and scroll design, very typical of the period.

The whole in excellent condition throughout.

Case height: 20 inches (50cms).

A fine George 111 period mahogany and inlaid stick barometer, the silvered scale signed CAMPIONI, OXFORD.

A fine small William and Mary table clock.

The ebony veneered case with well pierced basket top; pierced silk-backed side frets with oval centres; chased carrying handle and four finials of elaborate form. The 7 inch square dial with finely matted centre and ringed winding holes, mock pendulum and calendar apertures and cherub head spandrels. The silvered chapter ring signed John Shaw, Holborne with elaborated fleur-de-lys half hour divisions, Roman numerals and pierced blued steel hands. The substantial five pillar rack striking movement; leaf scroll engraved back plate signed by the maker with brass clicks and elaborate spring; knife-edge verge escapement with bob pendulum and pierced and engraved back cock. The hours sounding on a bell with strike/silent lever; the pull repeat work mounted under the dial sounding the quarters on four bells.

Case height: 13 ½ inches (34cms).

Note: John Shaw was apprenticed in 1672 to Thomas Taylor of Holborn and was free of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1682 and Master in 1712.

An exceptional early silvered dial mahogany drop-dial wall clock

A beautiful and very lightly restored mahogany drop dial clock. The case with a nicely shaped cast brass bezel has a drop trunk with integral ears at the side culminating after a strong moulding with a chisel bottom with full length opening door. There are doors on the side of the case for attaching the pendulum and viewing the movement.
The silvered dial which has age related stress fractures has inside Roman numerals and outside Arabic numerals and is signed by the maker Leroux, Charing Cross in flowing script.
The nicely fretted out blued steel hands have arrow pointers and the minute hand is counter balanced. The eight-day gut fusee movement has tapered and footed plates and four nicely knopped pillars. The pendulum has a large and heavy brass bob and a well shaped and chamfered brass pendulum rod.

Length: 25″ (64 cms.)

The maker John Leroux is noted as a member of the Clockmakers’ Company from 1744 and worked from Charing Cross, London. He made a number of watches and is probably better known for his watch work than his clock work. Some pieces by him were in the Stern Collection and a bracket clock by him is illustrated in Cecinsky & Webster page 317, figure 357.